Coincidences

Heading south following roughly our route up in reverse, we came to the point of crossing the Atlantic Ocean road to head around the rougher  corner leading to Bud and Harøysund our original landing place. The sea was rougher in the inner route and it was our experience that the inner routes tended to be the calmer areas so we planned for staying there the night. We checked out a few anchorages and marinas. Having a look out by the bridge the seas were flat calm so we followed it out and it paid off. An easy crossing down we found our self amidst a sea of dolphins, noticing a pod of 4 or so we slowed down to watch them play, suddenly noticing more and more there must have been around 60 filling the seas for as far as we could see. We turned off the engine and stood in amazement as they played round the boat and turned on there sides to see us too. They were jumping out of the water and showing off, amazing. A new memory to harøysund we went in to see if anyone was around. With a quiet yard we left and headed to a nearby island finding a quiet marina to stay the night. With help from a local we got a key to the facilities and the luxury of a sofa sat around to eat our cous cous. Moments in to our tea and the door opened. Looking up to see Lars Kristian one of the crew of the Maersk was amazing. Of all the places we could be in Norway and we managed to bump in to one of the few Norwegians we knew! Lars Kristian kindly invited us around to meet his family and would pick us up in half an hour. It was then that Daniel W noticed a picture on the wall of a boat he had spent a few weeks on, of all the boats in the sea what a coincidence for them to have a picture of it! We then had a lovely evening with a lovely family we only got to bed at 5am! A welcome again that was so special.